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A cold spell

24/06/2018 By Maria

we have gone from plus 30 degrees to plus 11 in two days, right now it is grey and cold and wet, so here I am sitting at my computer just after 10am … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping, Projects Tagged With: Bees, Birch Sawfly, Colorado Beetle, hay stack, Mushrooms, Queen cells, Quenn

Sun, Rain, Hail, Storms, …

11/06/2015 By Maria

We have just about had it all in the last two weeks, in between beekeeping we  have been chopping wood for winter, making hay, generally keeping the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping Tagged With: Bee Strong, Bee Vital, Brood, Capped, Hive Clean, Queen, Queen cells

The Queen

24/04/2013 By Maria

23d of April I decided to do a full inspection of the beehive, weather good, warm about 17degrees, little wind. The main objective was to find the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping Tagged With: Cells, Drones, No Queen, Queen cells, The Queen

First Spring Inspection

15/04/2013 By Maria

This is it. We started off today with a gentle frost on the ground this morning and finished with temperatures in their teens. I have been waiting for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping Tagged With: hive, Queen cells

Inspection

22/07/2012 By Maria

20.07.2012, around 11.30 am, weather was relatively calm, cloudy/sunny, little wind so I decided to inspect the hive. My main reason for inspecting it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping Tagged With: Olbas oil, Queen cells

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